Ocular toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent 8-years-old child: a new active lesion or a late manifestation of a congenital toxoplasmosis?
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Ocular toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent 8-years-old child: a new active lesion or a late manifestation of a congenital toxoplasmosis? / V. Giacomet, A. Viganò, P. Nannini, F.M.C. Penagini, P. Erba, G.V. Zuccotti. - In: ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL DISEASE. - ISSN 2222-1808. - 4:4(2014 Aug), pp. 323-328. [10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60582-X]
Abstract:
Infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most frequent parasitic infections worldwide and the common infection of the retina in the general population. We describe a case report of a chorioretinitis in an immunocompetent 8-year-old patient as a consequence of a underdiagnosed neonatal toxoplasmosis. The boy was successfully managed with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine. The present case we would like to empathize the importance of considering toxoplasma gondii as a possible cause of chorioretinitis in children living in developed countries and we provide a detailed reviewed of the literature about treatment of Toxoplasma gondii infection.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
children; chorioretinitis; toxoplasma gondii infection
Elenco autori:
V. Giacomet, A. Viganò, P. Nannini, F.M.C. Penagini, P. Erba, G.V. Zuccotti
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